Question on Opinionative Badges

[Draxorion]

Some of the badges are very much based on opinion and personal seeing. Such as, Chatter, Great, and others like them. They do not provide as many specifics as the others. I'm just wondering... Are the Staff the ones who get to decide on the giving of these kinds of badges? I mean, I'd like to have less difficulties getting these... And a bit more knowledge about them. Just some things I wonder about.

[Qwerty]

Basically, yeah, any staff member can approve most badges (not the Great badge) unless it's blatantly obvious that it is undeserved.